Government closure crisis.. America lifts restrictions on flights
Declared The US Federal Aviation Administration announced on Sunday evening that, as of Monday, it will end the restrictions imposed on Flights during Government closure, which was intended to compensate for the shortage of air traffic controllers.
The Aviation Administration explained, in a statement, that "Suspending the decision means resuming normal operations in all of the country’s airspace" Starting at 6 a.m. Monday in Washington time (10:00 GMT).
On November 7, the Trump administration ordered airlines to reduce the number of flights by 10% at 40 airports, among the busiest in the country, due to a shortage of staff in control towers.
Longest government shutdown
During the government shutdown, these civilian employees were required to work without receiving salaries, and many thousands of flights were canceled before restrictions were eased. Gradually.
Despite the end of the longest government closure in the country’s history on Wednesday, the reduction in flights continued at 3% over the past weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration explained on Sunday that it had noticed some airlines exceeding this percentage.
The statement quoted US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy as saying that the decision would be suspended. "It will enable us to refocus our efforts on intensive recruitment of air traffic controllers and implementation of the new air traffic control system".
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